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Defining The Contemplative Tradition: The Prayer-Filled Life "The two most common words used to describe the contemplative way of life are fire and love. Purging, purifying fire. Enveloping, comforting love." In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water,…

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Practicing Shalom in Our Time In this personal reflection, pastor and Renovaré Ministry Team member Juanita Rasmus shares about the disciplines that help her to be a vessel of God's shalom in broken world.

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Cultivating a Life of Worship and Joy The more the Word comes to dwell within our hearts, the more we come to love God. The more we love God, the better we are able to worship him. The more we worship him in Spirit and truth, the…

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“The Golden Triangle” of Spiritual Transformation The Path of Radical Change Is it possible to be like Jesus? Can we actually have the character of the heavenly Father? Dallas Willard says yes and shows us three essential components of radical change.

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The Human Body and Spiritual Growth Probably the least understood aspect of progress in Christlikeness is the role of the body in the spiritual life. Dallas Willard illuminates the connection.

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Sabbath Is a Way of Life In this excerpt from The Great Omission, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Sabbath and explores how Sabbath practices open us to God's gracious provision and governance.

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Sacrifice We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. The Bible has many references to sacrifice—deliberately forsaking the security of satisfying our own needs with…

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Salvation as a Life Salvation Is Not Just for Heaven — It Is a New Order of Life Now Richard Foster writes, “The goal of salvation is not to get us into heaven. Properly understood, heaven is not a goal at all, but a destination." Salvation is not only for life yet to come, but for…

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Loving One Another As "those whom God has joined," followers of Christ must love one another and beware of attitudes that breed disunity. These and other exhortations from John Wesley teach us about the loving bonds…

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We Need a Great New Vision of the Church In this classic piece adapted from a 1985 talk, Richard encourages Quaker ministers about the need for a great new vision for the Church.

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How to Create a Rule of Life Based on the Six Streams Author and Benedictine Anglican priest Chris Webb walks us through a very practical way to create a rule of life—one that's realistic, not just idealistic—based on the six streams found in Richard…

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The Peaceable War of the Lamb In the essay from the archives, Richard Foster explains how Jesus, our commander and our chief, calls us into a spiritual warfare that will profoundly impact the social order on every conceivable…